School well represented by research presentations at APHA annual meeting
November 01, 2010 | |
Research from UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health will be well represented by faculty, staff and student presenters at the American Public Health Association’s 138th annual meeting, to be held in Denver on Nov. 6-10. The theme of the 2010 event is “Social Justice.”A listing of School presentations appears below.
Of particular interest are the opening general session address by William Carter (Bill) Jenkins, PhD, on Sunday, Nov. 7 at noon, and the School alumni reception on Monday, Nov. 8, from 6:30 to 8 p.m.More information is available on the APHA website.
Saturday, November 6
222107 Finding public health evidence: A hands-on workshop Sunday, November 7
Opening general session address by William Carter Jenkins, PhD (UNC)
Sunday, Nov. 7, noon to 2 p.m. Drs. Cornel West (Princeton) and Bill Jenkins (UNC) will give opening presentations.218114 Collaboration to achieve health policy change: PHN and the NC Rural Communities Assistance Project Sunday, Nov.7 Beth Lamanna, WHNP, MPH, RN (Public Health Nursing) 220757 Examining the prevalence and correlates of co-parenting concurrency among US men 222036 Building a recovery-oriented system of care: Effective approaches to prevention, early intervention and treatment of people with substance abuse problems in North Carolina 221420 Core competencies for the community-engaged scholar 225177 Work as protection: A secondary analysis of work status and intimate partner violence in Malawi
Sunday, Nov. 7, at 2:30 p.m. Student poster session Subasri Narasimhan, MPH (Maternal and Child Health)6th annual Public Health Finance Roundtable Sunday, Nov. 7, 3:30 – 5:30 p.m. Hyatt Regency, Denver, Centennial Ballroom A Cheryll Lesneski, DrPH (Public Health Leadership Program), “Financially assessing a rural N.C. health department” Monday, November 8
217346 Implementation of a spatial health assessment and research program (SHARP)
Monday, Nov. 8 Matt Simon, MS (N.C. Center for Public Health Preparedness/North Carolina Institute for Public Health) Jennifer A. Horney, PhD, MPH, CPH (NCCPHP/NCIPH) 219374 Piloting of an e-learning readiness assessment tool for public health professionals in countries with limited resources
Monday, Nov. 8 Lorraine K. Alexander, DrPH, MPH (NCCPHP/NCIPH) Lauren N. Bradley, MHS (NCCPHP/NCIPH) Pia D.M. MacDonald, PhD, MPH (NCCPHP/NCIPH) 219487 Organizational capacity of public health regional surveillance teams in North Carolina
Monday, Nov. 8 Milissa Markiewicz, MPH, MIA (NCCPHP/NCIPH) Jessica Sage, MPH (HBHE) Jennifer Hegle, MPH (NCCPHP/NCIPH) Jennifer A. Horney, PhD, MPH, CPH (NCCPHP/NCIPH) Allison George, MPH (HBHE) Pia D.M. MacDonald, PhD, MPH (NCCPHP/NCIPH) 223072 Cognitive testing of human papillomavirus (HPV) survey items
Monday, Nov. 8 Alice R. Richman, PhD, MPH (HBHE) Noel T. Brewer, PhD (HBHE)232140 Pre-operative breast MRI and treatment outcomes: A cost-effectiveness analysis Monday, Nov. 8 Erica Nelson (HPM) Halle Amick (HPM) 228458 Development of a local public health preparedness survey: Results of the pilot study
Monday, Nov. 8 Mary Davis, DrPH, MSPH (North Carolina Institute for Public Health) Brittan Williams-Wood, MPH (NCIPH) 227538 Mediators of weight loss in a podcast delivered health communication intervention
Monday, Nov. 8 Linda Ko, PhD, MS, MPH (HBHE alumna, UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center) Gabrielle Turner-McGrievy, PHD, MS, RD (Nutrition) Marci K. Campbell, PhD, MPH, RD (NUTR) 217685 Prescription contraceptive use in young women: Are there differences by health insurance status?
Monday, Nov. 8 Adriane M. Casalotti, MPH, MSW (MCH alumna) 219114 Tailoring an evidence-based approach to colorectal cancer screening for community health centers in North Carolina
Monday, Nov. 8 Anna Schenck, MSPH, PhD (Public Health Leadership Program)219487 Organizational capacity of public health regional surveillance teams in North Carolina Monday, Nov.8 Milissa Markiewicz, MPH, MIA (NCCPHP/NCIPH) Jessica Sage, MPH (HBHE) Jennifer Hegle, MPH (NCCPHP/NCIPH) Jennifer A. Horney, PhD, MPH, CPH (NCCPHP/NCIPH) Allison George, MPH (HBHE) Pia D.M. MacDonald, PhD, MPH (NCCPHP/NCIPH) 223056 Non-battle injuries in Air Force personnel deployed in support of Operations Iraqi and Enduring Freedom
Monday, Nov. 8 Melinda Eaton, DVM, MPH (EPID) Charles Poole, ScD, MPH (EPID) David D. Richardson, PhD (EPID) Stephen W. Marshall, PhD (EPID) 226116 Best practices for domestic violence and sexual assault agencies
Monday, Nov. 8 McLean Pollock, MSW, MPH, LCSW (MCH) Sandra L. Martin, PhD (MCH)222670 Adolescent pregnancy trends and the deficiencies of dichotomous measures of rurality Monday, Nov. 8 Regina Rutledge, MPH (MCH) 224871 Community-based participatory research to address land loss among black farmers in North Carolina
Monday, Nov. 8 Peter Balvanz (MCH) Morgan Barlow, MPH (MCH graduate) Kari Samuel (MCH) Donna Parker, MPH (UNC Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention) Lillianne Lewis, MPH (MCH)
Molly M. De Marco, PhD, MPH (HPDP) Robin Crowder (HPDP) Alice Ammerman, DrPH, RD (NUTR) 223495 Gender inequality as a predictor of risky sex among men in northern India
Monday, Nov.8
Rajeev Colaco, MD, MPH, DrPH (MCH alumnus) Shelah S. Bloom, ScD (MCH) 223072 Cognitive testing of human papillomavirus (HPV) survey items
Monday, Nov. 8 Alice R. Richman, PhD, MPH (HBHE) Noel T. Brewer, PhD (HBHE)225945 Exploring the use of mobile phone text messaging to supplement discussion forums in a global distance learning program Monday, Nov. 8 Rohit Ramaswamy, PhD, MPH (PHLP) Kate Barker (PHLP) 217996 College freshmen with chronic illness: A comparison with healthy first-year students 219374 Piloting of an e-learning readiness assessment tool for public health professionals in countries with limited resources 217685 Prescription contraceptive use in young women: Are there differences by health insurance status? 227408 Is access to medicines all we got?: Conceptualizing a human right to HIV prevention systems in global health policy 222861 Community-based participatory research (CBPR) approach to understanding and addressing breastfeeding support among African-American women 224204 Is buying locally grown produce associated with fruit and vegetable consumption? Results from the North Carolina Children’s Health Assessment Survey (CHAMPS) 230083 Effect of child labor violations on reported injuries among working youth 223745 Asserting the right to health: CBPR as a vehicle to promote racial health and health care equity 228487 Children with special health care needs: cross-cultural perspectives 215473 Participation in the supplemental nutrition program for women, infants and children (WIC) and breastfeeding: National, regional, and state level analyses
Monday, Nov. 8, at 10:45 a.m.
Elizabeth Jensen, MPH (MCH) 224417 Implementation of guidelines-based, train-the-trainer influenza surveillance workshops for Russia and Eastern European nations
Monday, Nov. 8, at 10:55 a.m. Amy Nelson, PhD, MPH, CPH (NCCPHP/NCIPH) Jennifer A. Horney, PhD, MPH, CPH (NCCPHP/NCIPH)224752 Developing a comprehensive prevention action plan to improve population health in North Carolina Monday, Nov. 8, at 12:45 p.m. Pam Silberman, JD, DrPH (HPM, North Carolina Institute of Medicine, Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research) Mark Holmes, PhD (HPM, NC IOM, Sheps Center) 219585 “Dojiya”: An assessment of Nepal’s first radio drama series on safe abortion 3319.0 Increasing minority participation in HIV/AIDS clinical trials in rural southeastern communities: a public health imperative
3298.0 Partnering with rural black churches to promote men’s cardiovascular health: Are we our brother’s keeper? 223743 Applying a unique protocol for participant observation: Observing the role of health in African American rural churches
Monday, Nov. 8, at 2:40 p.m. Mimi Misung Kim, PhD (Sheps Center) Eugenia Eng, MPH, DrPH (HBHE) Keon L. Gilbert, DrPH (former HBHE postdoctoral student) Mohamed Jalloh, MPH (HBHE alumnus) Amma Agyemang, MPH (HBHE alumna) Kevin Wu, MPH (HBHE alumnus)218179 Core competency continuum: New tools for better workforce development Monday, Nov. 8, at: 2:50 p.m. Janet L. Place, MPH (NCIPH) 223755 Addressing cardiovascular disease in African-American rural churches: Findings from a participant observation analysis 223091 What happens after accreditation? Impact of the NC Local Health Department Accreditation Program 223369 Biblical principles and lay health advisor training: A brother’s keeper pathway toward promoting African-American men’s health 225320 Process evaluation results from an intervention to increase rural minority participation in HIV clinical trials 224659 Process evaluation of a church-based lay health advisor training on cardiovascular disease 229904 Support, awareness and utilization of health promotion programs: baseline results from the WAY to health research study
Monday, Nov. 8, at 3:30 p.m. Carolyn Naseer, MA (HPDP) Jiang Li, MPH, (HBHE) Lori Stravers, MPH, CHES (HPDP) Marissa Sheldon, BA (HPDP) Laura Linnan, ScD (HBHE) 223740 A community-academic-medical partnership’s view of racial justice forms at the crossroads of institutions’ view of diversity and community engagement
Monday, Nov. 8, at 4:40 p.m.
Eugenia Eng, MPH, DrPH (HBHE)221970 Choosing feeding: Enhancing breastfeeding education for teen mothers Monday, Nov. 8, at 5:10 p.m. Miriam Labbok, MD, MPH (CGBI, MCH) 226641 Clearing the air around schools: A GIS study of new FDA tobacco advertising restrictions
Monday, Nov. 8, at 5:15 p.m. Kurt Ribisl, PhD (HBHE) Matt Eggers (HBHE)UNC ALUMNI RECEPTION Monday, Nov. 8, 6:30 – 8 p.m. Korbel Ballroom, Convention Center Tuesday, November 9
219441 Globalizing the core curricula in the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health
Tuesday, Nov. 9 Bruce Fried, PhD (HPM) Margaret Bentley, PhD (NUTR, Office of Global Health) Gretchen Van Vliet, MPH (OGH) Michael Park, MPH (HPM) Peyton Purcell, MPH (OGH) 227249 Behaviors in context: Exploring the relationship between psychological sense of community and risk behaviors among adolescents living in low-income neighborhoods in Mobile, Alabama
Tuesday, Nov. 9 Arjumand Siddiqi, ScD (HBHE)220417 Optimizing pediatric psychopharmacology for ADHD in North Carolina Tuesday, Nov. 9 Co-author: Marisa Domino, PhD (HPM) 222067 Multidisciplinary team partnership to strengthen maternal and neonatal health and improve outcomes: The Kybele experience 219457 Initial training on a statewide electronic surveillance system for childhood blood lead: Successes, challenges and lessons learned 225930 Cultural disregard: Using photovoice to explore the realities of men of color who are at-risk for dropping out of high school 216821 Survivors speak: Child sexual abuse impacts breastfeeding experiences 218914 Integrating trauma care and housing preparation in subsrance abuse treatment for homeless men: preliminary outcomes from the Steps to Safety program 232598 Where we’ve been, where we’re going, and how we’re going to get there: academic partner and community partner perspectives 220691 Effect of child care health consultation on health policies, practices and children’s access to health care 230210 Latino Partnership: A CBPR approach to reducing HIV risk among immigrant Latino men
Tuesday, Nov. 9, at 9:30 a.m. Eugenia Eng, MPH, DrPH (HBHE) 219781 Family planning use among urban poor women in Uttar Pradesh, India Tuesday, Nov. 9, at 10:50 a.m. Ilene S. Speizer, PhD, MHS (MCH)219342 Assessing outcomes of an online training website: A retrospective survey of training participants Tuesday, Nov. 9, at 10:55 a.m. John W. Wallace, BS (NCCPHP/NCIPH) Lorraine K. Alexander, DrPH, MPH (NCCPHP/NCIPH) Rachel A. Wilfert, MD, MPH, CPH (NCCPHP/NCIPH) Jennifer A. Horney, PhD, MPH, CPH (NCCPHP/NCIPH) Pia D.M. MacDonald, PhD, MPH, CPH (NCCPHP/NCIPH) 220064 Impact of socioeconomic status and place of residence on type of contraceptive method use among urban women in Bangladesh 220920 Where should African-American youth learn about HIV/AIDS?: A community’s perspective of how to prevent HIV/AIDS among youth in rural North Carolina 220676 Bio-social interaction amplifies risk for self-harm/suicidal behavior in adolescents: Family history screening can improve public health practice 222686 Extending the Barker hypothesis to enhance reproductive rights and justice 220640 Sex ratio, poverty, and concurrent partnerships among men and women in the US 215067 Adolescent worker fatalities involving child labor and OSHA violations in North Carolina (1991- 2008) 224806 Enhancing the positive impacts of epidemiologic research: Rural air pollutants and children’s health 233614 Innovative approaches to worksite-based weight loss: Results of the WAY to Health study 232161 What do you want to eat? Children’s influences on caregivers’ food purchasing behaviors 214602 Opioid analgesic use and the risk of fractures among older adults 231722 Population Architecture Using Genomics and Epidemiology (PAGE) — from SNPs to GWAS and beyond 215508 Unwanted sex among young adults in the US: The role of physical disability and cognitive performance 218582 Pilot testing distance-based training products among Central American FETP trainees 226353 Development of an online global health certificate for health care professionals
Wednesday, Nov. 10
228421 Can childcare workers impact breastfeeding rates? An operational research study
Wednesday, Nov.10 Miriam Labbok, MD, MPH (CGBI, MCH) Barbara Cameron, MSW/MPH (MCH) Amy Peterson (MCH) Khadija Turay (MCH, CGBI) Tamar Ringel-Kulka, MD, MPH (MCH) Jonathan B. Kotch, MD, MPH (MCH) 221880 Assessing environmental quality: The implications for social justice
Wednesday, Nov. 10 Kristen Rappazzo (EPID)218320 Training ceeds of health professionals related to infant feeding and associated maternity care practices Wednesday, Nov.10 Emily C. Taylor, MPH, CD (DONA) (CGBI, MCH) 226567 Similarities and differences between baby-friendly assessment tools: Findings from an operations research multi-case study examining hospitals’ adherence to the ten steps to successful breastfeeding
Wednesday, Nov. 10 Nathan C. Nickel, MPH(CGBI, MCH) Emily C. Taylor, MPH, CD(DONA) (CGBI, MCH) Miriam Labbok, MD, MPH (CGBI, MCH) Mary Rose Tully, MPH (deceased), formerly of CGBI, MCH)218320 Training needs of health professionals related to infant feeding and associated maternity care practices Wednesday, Nov. 10 Emily C. Taylor, MPH, CD(DONA) (CGBI, MCH) 228421 Can childcare workers impact breastfeeding rates? An operational research study
Wednesday, Nov.10 Miriam Labbok, MD, MPH (CGBI, MCH) Barbara Cameron, MSW/MPH (MCH, CGBI) Amy Peterson (MCH, CGBI) Khadija Turay (MCH, CGBI) Tamar Ringel-Kulka, MD, MPH (MCH) Jonathan B. Kotch, MD, MPH (MCH)224444 Collaborative investigation of the microbiological safety of run-off near industrial compared to sustainable hog operations Wednesday, Nov.10, at 8:50 a.m. Christopher D. Heaney, PhD (EPID) Steve Wing, PhD (EPID) Jill Stewart, PhD (ESE) Jen Shields, PhD (ESE) Kevin Myers (ESE) Alice Ammerman, DrPH, RD (NUTR, HPDP) 223211 Optimizing human papillomavirus (HPV) self-testing for high risk women
Wednesday, Nov.10, at 8:50 a.m. Alice R. Richman, PhD, MPH (HBHE) Noel T. Brewer, PhD (HBHE) Aliza Liebman, BS (EPID) Jennifer S. Smith, PhD (EPID)226192 Providing legal services as part of an HIV post-test support package for pregnant women at a public clinic in Durban, South Africa Wednesday, Nov.10, at 9:10 a.m. Allison K. Groves, MHS (HBHE) Suzanne Maman, PhD (HBHE) 220134 Mathematical modeling of outbreaks explained: Real-life lessons from the living dead 229210 Migration of rural surgeons 218864 HPV vaccine: An opportunity for mother-daughter communication about sexual health
Wednesday, Nov. 10, at 10:30 a.m. Annie-Laurie McRee, MPH (MCH) Noel T. Brewer, PhD (HBHE) 230172 Results from a pilot small-group HIV prevention intervention for immigrant Latino men: A community-based participatory research approach
Wednesday, Nov. 10, at 10:45 a.m. Eugenia Eng, MPH, DrPH (HBHE)228072 Factors contributing to successful engagement in on-line discussions in a global distance education program for public health professionals Wednesday, Nov.10, at 11:05 a.m. Rohit Ramaswamy, PhD, MPH (PHLP) Hollie Pavlica, DrPH, MSW (PHLP) Diane Calleson, PhD (PHLP) Kate Barker (PHLP) 229731 Using formative research to develop a sexual health and well-being curriculum for older adults 223179 Assessing impact of breastfeeding-friendliness in North Carolina’s hospitals on mothers’ satisfying intention to breastfeed
Wednesday, Nov.10, at 11:30 a.m. Brook Colgan, MPH (CGBI, MCH) Emily C. Taylor, MPH, CD (DONA) (CGBI, MCH)230133 Outcome findings from a pilot test of the CyBER/testing: An Internet intervention designed to increase HIV testing among MSM Wednesday, Nov. 10, at 11:45 a.m. Eugenia Eng, MPH, DrPH (HBHE) 5162.2 Innovative methods in health informatics information technology
Wednesday, Nov.10, at 12:30 p.m. Moderator: David Potenziani, PhD (former senior associate dean)5170.0 A quiet breastfeeding revolution: taking the ten steps across the USA Wednesday, Nov.10, at 12:30 p.m. Organizer: Joan E. Dodgson, PhD, MPH
229721 Analyzing safe sleep messages to parents on Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) prevention, breastfeeding and bedsharing 222739 Breastfeeding for social justice and human rights: Addressing racial disparities
Wednesday, Nov.10, at 1:30 p.m. Miriam Labbok, MD, MPH (CGBI, MCH) UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health contact: Ramona DuBose, director of communications, 919-966-7467 or ramona_dubose@unc.edu. Please report errors to sphcomm@listserv.unc.edu. |
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